Original post: April 21, 2011. Updated: April 22, 2013
“What one person can do is to plant the seeds of love and outrage in the hearts of a movement. And if those hearts are fertile ground, those seeds of love and outrage will grow into a revolution.” ~ Tim DeChristopher, letter from prison on Day 28 of a 2-year sentence
“I wish i could say something really nice today that would make everybody feel really good. But sometimes the truth isn’t very nice and it needs to be said anyway.” ~ Video above
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- Post – Tim DeChristopher, imprisoned for nearly 2 years, to be released on Earth Day, Laurel Whitney, Desmog Blog
- ecoSanity – Truth, grief, action: Essential excerpt from an interview with Tim DeChristopher by Terry Tempest Williams, Orion Magazine
- Full interview – with Tim DeChristopher by T. T. Williams, Orion Magazine
- Interview – From jail, Tim DeChristopher on Occupy movement, Rolling Stone
- Post – Day 28 letter from prison, Tim DeChristopher speaks, Grist
- Article – I do not want mercy, I want you to join me, DeChristopher, CDreams
- Article – U.S. eco-activist jailed for 2 years, Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian
- Article – DeChristopher’s supporters issue oil protest ‘call to action’, Guardian
- Article – Tim DeChristopher’s statement to the court, DeChristopher, Grist
- Article – DeChristopher is going to jail, now it’s our turn, McKibben, Alternet
- Article – Activist found guilty of making false bids on energy leases, Guardian
- Article – Tim DeChristopher stands tall despite guilty verdict, DeSmog Blog
- Facebook page – Tim DeChristopher
- Website – PeacefulUprising.org
- Website – Bidder70.org
- ecoSanity – Collected: Inspired activism
- ecoSanity – Collected: Direct action
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